Species Status in Canada*: Not "Endangered" or "Threatened". Ten percent of the revenue generated by this image will be donated to the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative. One Arctic Fox - Chilled on Ice? Cape Churchill, MB, Canada. As it turned out, the fox just happened to lay down in a spot that was almost tailor-made for producing a compelling image! Not only was the light perfect, but the ridge it was laying on provided a strong diagonal to work with AND virtually every natural line in the image lead to the fox! Whoever arranged this scene for us knew something about eye flow and composition! Thanks - your effort is greatly appreciated! Probably the biggest challenge in capturing this image was initially spotting the fox. We were actually extremely close to it before we spotted it, and only did so because for a moment it raised its head to look around before going back into this position (and it was the movement which attracted our eye). And, in my opinion, it's doing a darned good job! Between the white colouration of the fox, and its behaviour of curling up to sleep (which also, of course, functions to keep it warm), this diminutive carnivore was incredibly hard to spot. This is a shot of an Arctic Fox doing its level best to look like a chunk of snow. ![]() Octo(image processed in early 2010).Īs a biologist I find the many adaptations of animals to their environment completely captivating.
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